Pakistan Cup


The Pakistan Cup is the national domestic List A cricket competition in Pakistan. Played originally as the Pentangular One Day Cup in 2008–09, 2009–10 and 2014–15, the competition was renamed as the Pakistan Cup in 2016 when it also adopted a draft to select squads for the five provincial teams. Following a national restructuring of domestic cricket by the Pakistan Cricket Board in 2019, the tournament has been contested by the six regional teams, although the first edition under the new structure, in 2019–20, was not held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prior to 2019–20, the premier List A domestic competition in Pakistan was the National One-Day Cup which was contested by associations or departments, or a combination of the two.

Format

Each team plays one another in a round-robin group stage. Historically, the top two teams in the league play a final. Since 2019–20, the top four teams contest in a semi-final followed by a final.

Teams

Current teams

Details of each team are set out below.
Team name
Home ground/sFirst seasonLast titleTitlesTeam captain/s
Balochistan

Bugti Stadium

Gwadar Cricket Stadium
20162021-221Yasir Shah
Central Punjab

Gaddafi Stadium

Iqbal Stadium		2020-212022–231Raza Ali Dar
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Arbab Niaz Stadium

Abbottabad Cricket Stadium		201620161Iftikhar Ahmed
Northern

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Islamabad Cricket Stadium		2020-21n/a0Shadab Khan
Sindh

National Stadium

Niaz Stadium		2016n/a0Mir Hamza
Southern Punjab

Multan Cricket Stadium

Bahawal Stadium		2020-21n/a0Salman Ali Agha

Team Results

Team name
20162017201820192020–212021–222022–23
Balochistan
R R W R
Central Punjab
n/an/an/an/aR W
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
W R W W R
Northern
n/an/an/an/a
Sindh
Southern Punjab
n/an/an/an/a

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